Texas Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation v. Wade

STOREY, Justice.

A District Court of Dallas County sitting as a juvenile court, on application of the district attorney, temporarily enjoined the Fort Worth State School from allowing Tony Cordell Davis to leave the premises of that institution at any time, primarily because the court found that the school acted wrongfully in furloughing the child, who had repeatedly committed sexual offenses while on furlough. The Attorney General appeals on behalf of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, claiming that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to impose a…